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Permalink Reply by Null on March 26, 2014 at 11:36am

If this is the picture you are referring to, I saw this in a separate article this morning. The Joe D looks like JUNK

Here's where I saw it:

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/seized-baseball-memorabilia-co...

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Permalink Reply by Ira Rosen on March 26, 2014 at 11:40am

Yes, that's the picture. Ironically, the author of the article pointed out that the Prosecutor's Office wanted to make sure the autographs were authentic, so that purchasers couldn't sue the County if/when they found out the autographs were forgeries. Hey, taxes could go up because of this!

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 27, 2014 at 8:31am

What a freakin' bad joke again!!!

Drew Max!!!!

I hope they didn't chose him because of his "work" on the Pawn Stars show!!! 

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on March 27, 2014 at 9:34am

This takes the cake....Prosecutor John  Molinelli has to win numskull of the year. The Dimaggio pictured is fake for starters.

Molinelli said the solution arrived one night while he was at home watching “Pawn Stars,” a History Channel series about a family-run pawn shop in Las Vegas.

“They needed someone to authenticate something and in walks Drew Max,” Molinelli recalled, referring to a Las Vegas handwriting analyst who appears on the program.

The next day, Molinelli asked his staff to begin researching Max. They discovered that he was a forensic handwriting specialist who had been qualified to testify in several federal courts. And he was willing to authenticate items for a fee without wanting a portion of the auction proceeds.

Molinelli made a side trip to meet with Max while attending a national prosecutors’ conference in Las Vegas in September.

So at Molinelli’s request, the county approved a $10,000 contract with Max’s company, Authentic Autographs Unlimited: $2,500 for storage fees and $7,500 for authenticating the items. The fee also covers Max testifying on the county’s behalf if anyone files a lawsuit challenging an item’s authenticity.

- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/confiscated-baseball-treasures-used...

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on March 27, 2014 at 9:38am

John Molinelli is an idiot who believes reality television is for real. He was sold by Drew's made up resume of his opinion standing up in a court of law. Way to funny.

Hope he doesn't watch Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet.

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Permalink Reply by Ira Rosen on March 27, 2014 at 10:07am

Well, it's kinda funny, but also serious if the auction happens. I contacted News12 New Jersey, they said they'd look into it. Hoping they do a Roger-like Cincinnati TV story. JSA is right here in NJ so it wouldn't be difficult for the TV folks to shoot some video of someone legitimate exposing this.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 27, 2014 at 11:24am

Ditto, Rick.

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Permalink Reply by David S on March 28, 2014 at 10:28am

interestingly 75% of the items were deemed not authentic by Max...those must have been REALLY bad.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/75-of-confiscated-baseball-memorabi...

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Permalink Reply by Ira Rosen on March 28, 2014 at 1:35pm

In today's follow-up article, the 25% of the items that were deemed authentic by Drew Max will be auctioned on May 3 in Mahwah, NJ, with the online auction conducted by caspert.com. Look forward to reading comments from the AML baseball autograph notables.

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Permalink Reply by hitmanten on March 28, 2014 at 3:20pm

Two additional photos from the article, including a terrible Robinson forgery. Mantle & Williams experts want to weigh in?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 28, 2014 at 5:16pm

I'd like to see better photos.

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Permalink Reply by Ira Rosen on March 28, 2014 at 8:02pm

The Caspert Auctioneers website lists the auction for May 3, but does not show any items. The bidding "click here" icon leads to bidspotter.com, couldn't find any there either.

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